ok, so i didn't know who amanda todd was and looked up her wikipedia page.

this is the part i don't understand:

todd moved to a new town, but was still being harassed on social media.so todd's family moved again to a new town, but todd was still being harassed on social media.so todd's family moved again to a new town, but todd was still being harassed on social media.

did they ever figure out the internet and social media is borderless and it doesn't matter if you move to a new town or not? its not like the person on facebook stops harassing you just because you moved.

zedster:the number one most searched term of all time is facebook, number 2 is youtube and number 4 is google

Why? because idiots don't know how an address bar works. This always amazes me, how can you not understand what the address bar is? People use the search bar, that goes to google, to google goolge

It's the same thing in chrome. Also the address bar is an archaic, overcomplicated tool. Explain to me how any of this is necessary: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/1385d38607b3e1e. We may as well revert to IP addresses. Your OS doesn't look like this anymore, why should the net?

Also Chrome's "minimalist" interface and its imitators made it harder to get to bookmarks, eventually necessitating that people type google into google, endangering an already precarious internet.

zedster:the number one most searched term of all time is facebook, number 2 is youtube and number 4 is google

Why? because idiots don't know how an address bar works. This always amazes me, how can you not understand what the address bar is? People use the search bar, that goes to google, to google goolge

Some of those are stupid, but they're individual words- not full terms. If I want to find someone's facebook page (since I don't friend anyone)... I'll google "Joe's Bar New Orleans Facebook". I find it much easier than using Facebook itself, and I have the search bar right there.

Also, this is not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, probably because Google is pretty careful about how it presents the findings.

I'm guessing a god's-eye-view of the entire search stream would break down this way

1. exceptionally unambitious porn (e.g., "tila tequila naked")2. just enough of random words for AutoComplete to show the correct spelling3. extremely ambitious porn (e.g., "that one North Korean hentai that has a shemale tila tequila when she's like six years old and gets gangbanged by pandas and don't lie to me google i saw it on a forum once so i know it exists")4. variations on "why does it burn when I pee"5. something like the scene from Parks and Recreation where Jerry types "please take me to e-mail" into AltaVista.com

Face it, we're never going to be the culture whose number 1 Google search is heidegger "sein und Zeit" bootleg.

Although it actually makes sense that Michael Clarke Duncan would be high on the list. Famous enough and young enough for news of his death to make the rounds on social media, but not so recognizable that people don't have to Google the name.

1)If you are smart enough to not be searching for stupid shiat you probably have better methods for getting the correct info than typing it into Google then wading through crappy news headings, paid links and other assorted bullshiat that happens to scam its way to the top of a typical Google search.

2)Lowest common denominator. A lot of people have highbrow interests but by their very nature highbrow interests are more specific to the individual whereas the latest celebrity train wreck is of interest to a lot of people with divergent intellectual interests.

downstairs:zedster: the number one most searched term of all time is facebook, number 2 is youtube and number 4 is google

Why? because idiots don't know how an address bar works. This always amazes me, how can you not understand what the address bar is? People use the search bar, that goes to google, to google goolge

Some of those are stupid, but they're individual words- not full terms. If I want to find someone's facebook page (since I don't friend anyone)... I'll google "Joe's Bar New Orleans Facebook". I find it much easier than using Facebook itself, and I have the search bar right there.

SlothB77:ok, so i didn't know who amanda todd was and looked up her wikipedia page.

this is the part i don't understand:

todd moved to a new town, but was still being harassed on social media.so todd's family moved again to a new town, but todd was still being harassed on social media.so todd's family moved again to a new town, but todd was still being harassed on social media.

did they ever figure out the internet and social media is borderless and it doesn't matter if you move to a new town or not? its not like the person on facebook stops harassing you just because you moved.

From wiki ( I had no clue about this girl either), they do explain that the guy with the topless images would contact kids from her schools about it... they'd move and whoever this person is, would do the same.

If the guy hadn't done this, she wouldn't have been harassed at school for it, unless she would pull other stuff.

From what's written, the guy/person is still not found, but is directly responsible for the harassment she got, which lead to the rest.

moothemagiccow:zedster: the number one most searched term of all time is facebook, number 2 is youtube and number 4 is google

Why? because idiots don't know how an address bar works. This always amazes me, how can you not understand what the address bar is? People use the search bar, that goes to google, to google goolge

It's the same thing in chrome. Also the address bar is an archaic, overcomplicated tool. Explain to me how any of this is necessary: mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/1385d38607b3e1e. We may as well revert to IP addresses. Your OS doesn't look like this anymore, why should the net?

Also Chrome's "minimalist" interface and its imitators made it harder to get to bookmarks, eventually necessitating that people type google into google, endangering an already precarious internet.

The OS does do that. You just don't usually get to see that since vista (or Mac variant of choice probably maybe). Just open a random system folder and browse around a bit. The only difference is cosmetical. And some people who know how to work things enjoy manipulating urls to get around porn previews.

zedster:Why? because idiots don't know how an address bar works. This always amazes me, how can you not understand what the address bar is? People use the search bar, that goes to google, to google goolge